Love the old school JPop ballad tunes in FT Island’s Raining. It reminds me of those days when I spent all day long watching anime -.-,

However, I’ve gotten out of those habits for a long time now and it’s time to enjoy FT Island’ latest track Raining that will be featured in their 1st Japanese Album : So Long Au Revoir that will be out on December 16th. Good time for those Primadonnas who live in Singapore because they can attend FT Island’s concert soon ^^

Raining

F.T.Island – Raining Lyrics [Japan / kanji]

君がいた景色は 温もりと安らぎ彩り
初めて知った恋の香りがした
眩しい日差し浴びて 何も恐れずにいたけれど
その明るさは 影を見えなくした

僕はどんな強さで 君の手を
握り締めたなら
他の誰かの存在なんて
なくしてしまえたのかな

止まない雨に 濡れないように
肩を寄せ合った帰り道
君が消えたあれから 僕に
今も降り続ける雨

流れいく時間は道で行く
君への思いと
初めて知った恋の香りがした

もしも心の奥深くまで
歩いていけたら
肩を震わせて一人きりの
素顔に出会えたのかな

止まない雨がもし僕の
過ちを荒い流すなら
君に届く言葉捜すよ
今も降り続ける雨

瞼の奥に浮かぶ面影
涙の後そのすべて
忘れたくない 忘れられない
痛みはこのままで

止まない雨に 濡れないように
肩を寄せ合った帰り道
君が消えたあれから 僕に
今も降り続ける雨

F.T.Island – Raining Lyrics [English]

You coloured the landscape with warmth and tranquility
And for the first time, I knew the scent of love
Bathed in radiant sunlight, nothing could make me fear
But that brightness made shadows invisible

If I tightly held your hand
With what kind of strength
Things like those other people
Might have been gone for good

Like not getting wet in the unending rain
Shoulder pressed to the way home
From that place you disappeared
Even now, the rain keeps falling on me

As time flows by
My feelings are on the road towards you
With the scent of first love

If I could walk towards
The deepest part of your heart
With shaking shoulders, I wonder,
If we could just meet honestly

If the unending rain could
Roughly wash away my mistakes
I’d search for the words to reach you
But even now, the rain keeps falling

I can see your face floating behind my eyelids
After the tears, everything about you
I don’t want to forget, I can’t forget
Grief is just like this

Like not getting wet in the unending rain
Shoulder pressed to the way home
From that place you disappeared
Even now, the rain keeps falling on me

Why is patience a virtue?

Patience is a virtue because it makes us better people. The definition of the word is to tolerate delay. This implies self control and forbearance as opposed to wanting what we want when we want it. How many times have we jumped the gun and found out it would have been better to tolerate delay or had self control? What did we miss out on? Did we hurt someone we love because of lack of patience? Having patience will heal the wounds and it will work itself out fine. Patience is not only a virtue but a necessity for a happy existence.

This song has been around for a while. Thanks to you’re beautiful, now I appreciate Lee Hong Ki (이홍기) more than before. His band, FT Island, recently came out with new album FT Island Vol.3 Cross and Change, with title song I Hope (바래).

The concept of the song is a fresh return to the past concept and the lyrics has an awesome lyrics. It has a strong meaning that support the fast and strong Rock beats on this song.

Days went by, months went by
But there was no contact from you
Tears fall, my heart aches
No, it’s only for a moment
It’s not, it’s not, it’s not
Only to appease me but
The space you left only gets bigger

Even if I look at you again, you’re you’re my love
Look at it a hundred times, I’m I’m you’re love
You’re my love that heaven made
You only lost your way for a moment
Even if I’m born again, I only hope for you
Even if I love again, I only hope for you
You will return, you will return
Because there’s no me without you

After saying you love me
Where exactly did you run off to?
Leaving me (Oh oh oh oh oh)
My two hands you held and also our promise
How can you leave, abandoning me?

It’s a dream, it’s a dream, it’s a dream
I trick myself
It’s sad that I’m by myself

Even if I look at you again, you’re you’re my love
Look at it a hundred times, I’m I’m you’re love
You’re my love that heaven made
You only lost your way for a moment
Even if I’m born again, I only hope for you
Even if I love again, I only hope for you
You will return, you will return
Because there’s no me without you

I thought that all this was only a nightmare
I hope that I will wake up from this dream

After today passes and I open my eyes tommorow
I hope that this dream is not reality, oh
That all this is a hateful dream, not reality
I hope, I hope for you
I still want you

Even if I look at you again, you’re you’re my love
Look at it a hundred times, I’m I’m you’re love
You’re my love that heaven allowed
You only lost your way for a moment
Even if I’m born again, I only hope for you
Even if I love again, I only hope for you
You will return, you will return
Because there’s no you without me

I pray every night
For my misery, not my happiness
That you won’t love any other than me
It can’t be anyone other than you
My heart only asks for you
It will never change
Even if I am born again, I hope for you

Even if I’m born again, I only hope for you
Even if I love again, I only hope for you
You will return, you will return
Because There’s no me without you

After done watching the Heartbeat MV from 1:59 PM, I really can’t find the exact word how to describe my feeling. The MV has been filled with dark images (snake, fire, blood (?), dark make ups, expressions, and it even ended up with Wooyoung’s soul fled from his body. So different than their cheerful Beast side selves that they have been portrayed all of these while. To a certain extent, I think it’s a good thing that they’re growing their talent by taking a risk for portraying different images. In which, they’re pretty successful in creating this new image.

For the song itself, I don’t know if you listened to 1:59PM first album, but there’s another version for this song. It’s the Heartbeat – Red Light Mix. You can hear the song below:

It’s not as “dark” as the actual version of Heartbeat. It has more melody and electronic mix in the background, which makes it less depressing than the actual version. I should put two thumbs up for the actual version because this is the first time I heard someone mixed the actual human heartbeat + drum beat + violin + orchestra, and they’re doing a good job that, it deserves a nod in the head.

On the other side, I can tell that they’re really focusing on Wooyoung this time. I’ve been an avid fan of Wooyoung and never really find any MV / performance in Inkigayo/Music Bank/Music Core that focuses on him as much as this MV. He never really been “in the spotlight” for any choreographs. He usually stands on the end (left/right) or slightly in the middle, but never really been in the middle. In the other MV, usually Jaebum is the one doing the ad lib with Junsu while in this MV, Wooyoung is the one whose doing the ad lib with Junsu. Probably it’s only my imagination without any solid proofs. And… why did they make Taecyon’s hair white? (even though, it slightly better than Kangin’s head over It’s you era). Hopefully on the actual performance, there will be no white hair showing in any of the member’s head.

I don’t really know what’s the new deal or the real deal for 1:59PM, but it’s certainly not wrong to appreciate the music rather than focusing on the facts.

Below is the lyrics and translation for the song itself. Thanks to yeeun2grace.com for this.

Can you feel my heartbeat?
Heartbeat
Heartbeat
The heart you stomped on and left
is still beating.
It still beats…for you.

No matter how hard I try to forget
No matter how many new people I meet
I don’t know why again and again
I turn around and think of you.
“I don’t want to. I want to stop!”
No matter how much I plead with myself
It’s all useless.
Why? Is my heart broken?

Why do I still
do these foolish things?
My head knows it’s stupid
but my heart does whatever it wants.
I can’t let you go
I still feel like you’re next to me
I can’t believe we’re over.

No matter who I meet,
A corner of my heart
is closed off and will always
be reserved for you.
There is no way you’ll come back
but I continue to think that you might
Why do I still believe this?
Why won’t my heart listen to me?

Listen to my heartbeat
It’s beating for you
Listen to my heartbeat
It’s waiting for you
It doesn’t know its over
I don’t understand why it’s like this
Listen to my heartbeat
It’s beating for you
Listen to my heartbeat
It’s waiting for you
Thoughts of you still pain me
But with every heartbeat I remember.

I have to forget, I can’t live while remembering
I have to erase her
If I don’t I’ll die.
Stop trying to get her back
She ain’t coming
She’s gone
Gotta be moving on
She’s gone and won’t be coming back
She doesn’t think about me at all.

She has no idea that I’m waiting for her
and is living her life just fine.
She’s already forgotten me
Completely erased me
So why can’t I do the same?

Listen to my heartbeat
It’s beating for you
Listen to my heartbeat
It’s waiting for you
It doesn’t know its over
I don’t understand why it’s like this
Listen to my heartbeat
It’s beating for you
Listen to my heartbeat
It’s waiting for you
Thoughts of you still pain me
But with every heartbeat I remember.

Yeah, Since you went away hasn’t been the same
In my heart all I got is pain
Could it be that I played a game to lose you, I can’t maintain
Sunlight moonlight you lit my life realize in the night
while love shines bright
Cant let you go we’re meant forever baby let me know

This past without you, Can’t forget you
Letting me be the cloud hanging above me
Raining on me missing you touch
Nights get long and it’s hard to clutch
We’re apart breaks my heart
Its all for the best girl you’re my world
In time my love unfurls
He will then wait for you girl

The rain just now has stopped
The smell of asphalt is floating around the city
Hey, over there too, the weather is fine already right?
For the weather has cleared up from the west
Since you’re not a morning person
Everyday, will you be able to wake up properly?
I’m still worried about things like that

The spreading sky, the freedom
Although neither of them has changed
Right now, just that… it’s only just that you are not by my side

Let me hear your voice
If we become honest, surely
We’ll be able to understand each other
Please open your heart
Let me hear your voice
The path we have come is, for us, definitely
An important STEP to that future

The first time I met you was
Around this season right?
The light up street was
Glowing beautifully
The crybaby-you, from that time on, often
Laid your forehead on my shoulder
You were crying right? That extreme warmth
From your touch on my shoulder

Let me hear you voice
If we become more kind
We’ll be able to love each other
Don’t avert my eyes
Let me hear your voice
Let’s get over those entwined anxieties and loneliness
The feelings of this moment become our bond

Yeah, Since you went away hasn’t been the same
In my heart all I got is pain
Could it be that I played a game to lose you, I can’t maintain
Sunlight moonlight you lit my life realize in the night
while love shines bright
Cant let you go we’re meant forever baby let me know

This past without you, Can’t forget you
Letting me be the cloud hanging above me
Raining on me missing you touch
Nights get long and it’s hard to clutch
We’re apart breaks my heart
Its all for the best girl you’re my world
In time my love unfurls
He will then wait for you girl

Let me hear your voice
If we become honest, surely
We’ll be able to understand each other
Please open your heart
Let me hear your voice
The path we have come is, for us, surely
An important STEP to that future